This chapter opens with a soliloquy by Bai Qingyan in which he laments the fact that the people of his own country have been conquered. He asks the General to save the captives. The General tells him that he is nothing but a "loser" who has been "conquered" by the enemy. He tells the General that anyone who becomes a slave of the nation will be denounced as a traitor and will never be allowed to return. He begs the General not to trade his life for the life of the captive. He promises that if the General does not treat the prisoners well, he will make the General pay with his life.